Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes

2. blending of beliefs, practices, ideas especially in a religious context
3. consists of people with common ancestry and cultural tradition
4. blending with host culture and loss of many distinctive traits
8. feeling resulting from the standardization of the built environment
10. evaluates other cultures from their personal perspective
11. attitudes in a society shaped by cultural opinions
13. ethnic groups adopt the ways of the host society and how they function economically and socially
16. describe a variety of efforts to seek and use design of public places
17. a language derives from 2 or more groups in contact
18. group of people within a cultural society
19. process where religion becomes a less dominant force
20. to induce someone to convert to one's faith

1. that many buildings have been altered by a variety of groups
5. differences and similarities between cultures (ex. billboards, signs, graffiti)
6. seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider perspective of cultural logic
7. phenomenon whereby the introduction of new transportation technology progressively reduces the time it takes to travel to places
9. less influenced or controlled by religion
12. barriers that halt the diffusion of a culture
14. pidgin languages that acquire fuller vocabulary and eventually become native to speakers
15. adapting global practices to fit local cultural practices and preferences